Jeremiah 13 (NET)

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Jeremiah 13:1¹The Lord said to me, “Go and buy some linen shorts and put them on. Do not put them in water.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 1:1 Jer 13:11 Ezek 4:1-5 Jer 19:1 Jer 27:2

Jeremiah 13:2²So I bought the shorts in keeping with the Lord’ s instructions and put them on.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 2:8 Isa 20:2 John 15:14 Prov 3:5 Hos 1:2-3 John 13:6-7

Jeremiah 13:3³Then the Lord’ s message came to me again,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 13:8

Jeremiah 13:4⁴“Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 51:63-64 Mic 4:10 Ps 137:1

Jeremiah 13:5⁵So I went and buried them at Perath as the Lord had ordered me to do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 40:16 Exod 39:42-43 2 Tim 2:3 Acts 26:19-20 Heb 11:17-19 Heb 11:8 John 2:5-8 Matt 22:2-6

Jeremiah 13:6⁶Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Jeremiah 13:7⁷So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 64:6 Rom 3:12 Ezek 15:3-5 Jer 13:10 Jer 24:1-8 Luke 14:34-35 Phlm 1:11 Zech 3:3-4

Jeremiah 13:8⁸Then the Lord’ s message came to me,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Jeremiah 13:9⁹“I, the Lord, say: ‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 26:19 Isa 2:10-17 Isa 23:9 Jer 13:15-17 Prov 16:18 Zeph 3:11 1 Pet 5:5 Ezek 16:50 Ezek 16:56 Isa 16:6

Jeremiah 13:10¹⁰These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts that are good for nothing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 16:12 Jer 9:14 2 Chr 36:15-16 Num 14:11 Acts 7:51 Eph 4:17-19 Jer 11:7-8 Jer 13:7 Jer 3:17 Eccl 11:9

Jeremiah 13:11¹¹For,’ I say, ‘just as shorts cling tightly to a person’s body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah tightly to me.’ I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise. But they would not obey me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 19:5-6 Jer 33:9 Isa 43:21 Ps 81:11 1 Pet 2:9 Deut 26:18 Deut 32:10-15 Deut 4:7 Isa 62:12 Jer 13:10

Jeremiah 13:12¹²“So tell them, ‘The Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine.”’ And they will probably say to you, ‘Do you not think we know that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 24:19

Jeremiah 13:13¹³Then tell them, ‘The Lord says: “I will soon fill all the people who live in this land with stupor. I will also fill the kings from David’s dynasty, the priests, the prophets, and the citizens of Jerusalem with stupor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 51:17 Isa 63:6 Ps 60:3 Ps 75:8 Hab 2:16 Isa 49:26 Jer 25:27 Jer 51:7 Isa 29:9 Isa 51:21

Jeremiah 13:14¹⁴And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the Lord.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 29:20 Ps 2:9 Isa 27:11 Isa 9:20-21 Jer 19:9-11 Jer 21:7 Jer 6:21 1 Sam 14:16 2 Chr 20:23 Ezek 24:14

Jeremiah 13:15¹⁵Then I said to the people of Judah: “Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the Lord has spoken.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 28:14-22 Rev 2:29 Acts 4:19-20 Amos 7:15 Isa 42:23 Jas 4:10 Jer 26:15 Joel 1:2

Jeremiah 13:16¹⁶Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 59:9 Isa 8:22 Isa 60:2 Prov 4:19 Isa 5:30 Josh 7:19 Amos 8:9-10 1 Sam 6:5 Exod 10:21 Jer 23:12

Jeremiah 13:17¹⁷But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord ’s flock, will be carried into exile.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 2:2 Jer 14:17 Jer 9:1 Luke 19:41-42 Ps 80:1 Rom 9:2-4 1 Sam 15:35 Ezek 34:31 Lam 1:16 Lam 2:18

Jeremiah 13:18¹⁸The Lord told me: “Tell the king and the queen mother, ‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 22:26 2 Kgs 24:12 2 Kgs 24:15 2 Chr 33:12 2 Chr 33:19 Isa 47:1 1 Pet 5:6 2 Chr 33:23 Exod 10:3 Isa 3:26

Jeremiah 13:19¹⁹The gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 52:27 2 Kgs 25:21 Deut 28:52 Jer 39:9 Jer 52:30 Deut 28:15 Deut 28:64-68 Ezek 20:46-47 Jer 17:26 Jer 20:4

Jeremiah 13:20²⁰Then I said, “Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the ‘sheep’ that you take such pride in?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 6:22 Hab 1:6 Jer 1:14 Jer 23:2 Acts 20:26-29 Jer 10:22 Jer 13:17 Isa 56:9-12 Zech 11:16-17 Ezek 34:7-10

Jeremiah 13:21²¹What will you say when the Lord appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 13:8 Jer 4:31 Isa 10:3 Isa 39:2-4 Jer 38:22 Jer 5:31 1 Thess 5:3 2 Kgs 16:7 Ezek 28:9 Isa 21:3

Jeremiah 13:22²²You will probably ask yourself, ‘Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ It is because you have sinned so much.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Nah 3:5 Jer 16:10-11 Jer 5:19 Deut 7:17 Hos 2:10 Jer 13:26 Jer 9:2-9 Lam 1:8 Ezek 16:37-39 Isa 3:17

Jeremiah 13:23²³But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 2:22 Jer 9:5 Matt 19:24-28 Jer 17:9 Jer 2:30 Jer 5:3 Isa 1:5 Jer 6:29-30 Prov 27:22

Jeremiah 13:24²⁴“The Lord says, ‘That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 1:4 Lev 26:33 Ezek 5:12 Ezek 5:2 Hos 13:3 Deut 28:64 Deut 32:26 Deut 4:27 Ezek 17:21 Ezek 6:8

Jeremiah 13:25²⁵This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 20:29 Ps 9:17 Jer 2:32 Matt 24:51 Ps 11:6 Isa 28:15 Jer 2:13 Jer 7:4-8 Deut 32:16-18 Deut 32:37-38

Jeremiah 13:26²⁶So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 2:10 Lam 1:8 Ezek 16:37 Ezek 23:29 Jer 13:22

Jeremiah 13:27²⁷People of Jerusalem, I have seen your adulterous worship, your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods. I have seen your disgusting acts of worship on the hills throughout the countryside. You are doomed to destruction! How long will you continue to be unclean?’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 24:13 Ezek 6:13 Hos 8:5 Isa 65:7 2 Cor 12:21 2 Cor 7:1 Ezek 36:37 Hos 4:2 Jas 4:4 Jer 2:20-24